Error of Required Field In Django APIView - django

Question

I am trying to Update A Employee. I am able to update also. But the problem is coming a while updating when i am not sending data in body. It is giving error of Required Field.
This error is one of kind - where i was not sending excempt in json body
serializer2 {'excempt': [ErrorDetail(string='This field is required.', code='required')]}
Even i tried to put required=False and it is working but i am not understanding if we are passing instance of that EmployeeProfileSerializer(userprofile, data=request.data). Example userprofile but why it is still it is giving error. And how should i tackle it. I don't think this is the solution required=False?.
When i am not sending data in body then the previous data should be used but this is not happening instead it is giving error of required field
APIView
class EmployeeUpdateApiV2(APIView):
def post(self, request, *args, **kwrgs):
try:
accesstoken=AccessToken.objects.get(
token=self.request.META.get('HTTP_AUTHORIZATION').replace('Bearer ', '')
)
except ObjectDoesNotExist:
return Response (
{
"status" : False,
"error" : "Wrong Access Token",
"error_message":"You have provided wrong access token.",
}
)
user_id = request.data['user_id']
user = get_object_or_404(User, id=user_id)
print(user)
userprofile = get_object_or_404(UserProfile, user=user_id)
print(userprofile)
serializer1 = EmployeeRegisterSerializer(user, data=request.data)
serializer2 = EmployeeProfileSerializer(userprofile, data=request.data)
if serializer1.is_valid() and serializer2.is_valid():
serializer1.save()
serializer2.save()
print('Inside Valid')
return Response (
{
"status" : True,
"message":"Employee Updated Successfully.",
"api_name" : "EmployeeUpdateApiV2",
"result": serializer1.data,
"result1": serializer2.data,
}
)
print('Out Valid')
print('serializer1 ', serializer1.errors)
print('serializer2', serializer2.errors)
return Response(status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
Serializers.py
class EmployeeProfileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
employee_id = serializers.CharField(source='user_employee_id')
payroll_id = serializers.CharField(source='user_payroll_id')
hire_date = serializers.CharField(source='user_hire_date')
pay_rate = serializers.CharField(source='user_pay_rate')
salaried = serializers.CharField(source='user_salaried')
excempt = serializers.CharField(source='user_excempt')
groups = serializers.CharField(source='user_groups_id', required=False)
state = serializers.CharField(source='user_state')
city = serializers.CharField(source='user_city')
zipcode = serializers.CharField(source='user_zipcode')
status = serializers.CharField(source='user_status')
phone = serializers.CharField(source='user_phone')
class Meta:
model = UserProfile
fields = [
'employee_id',
'phone',
'payroll_id',
'hire_date',
'pay_rate',
'salaried',
'excempt',
'groups',
'state',
'city',
'zipcode',
'status',
]
class EmployeeRegisterSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ['first_name','last_name', 'email',]
Userprofile Model
class UserProfile(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
user_company = models.ForeignKey(Company, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
user_role = models.ForeignKey(ACLRoles, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
user_dob = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True)
user_phone = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True, null=True)
user_image = models.ImageField(upload_to='user_profiles/', default='default_user.png',blank=True, null=True)
user_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
user_is_deleted = models.BooleanField(default=False)
user_deleted_at = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
user_groups = models.ManyToManyField(Groups,related_name='user_groups')
MALE = 'Male'
FEMALE = 'Female'
GENDER_CHOICES = (
(MALE, 'Male'),
(FEMALE, 'Female'),
)
user_gender = models.CharField(
max_length=8,
choices=GENDER_CHOICES,
)
ACTIVE = 'Active'
INACTIVE = 'Inactive'
PENDING = 'Pending'
USER_ACTIVE_CHOICES = (
(ACTIVE, 'Active'),
(INACTIVE, 'Inactive'),
(PENDING, 'Pending'),
)
user_status = models.CharField(
max_length=8,
choices=USER_ACTIVE_CHOICES,
default=ACTIVE,
)

Answer 1

please add user in your Model Serializer field section
class EmployeeProfileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
employee_id = serializers.CharField(source='user_employee_id')
payroll_id = serializers.CharField(source='user_payroll_id')
hire_date = serializers.CharField(source='user_hire_date')
pay_rate = serializers.CharField(source='user_pay_rate')
salaried = serializers.CharField(source='user_salaried')
excempt = serializers.CharField(source='user_excempt')
groups = serializers.CharField(source='user_groups_id', required=False)
state = serializers.CharField(source='user_state')
city = serializers.CharField(source='user_city')
zipcode = serializers.CharField(source='user_zipcode')
status = serializers.CharField(source='user_status')
phone = serializers.CharField(source='user_phone')
class Meta:
model = UserProfile
fields = [
'employee_id',
'phone',
'payroll_id',
'hire_date',
'pay_rate',
'salaried',
'excempt',
'groups',
'state',
'city',
'zipcode',
'status',
'user',
]